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The return of the trans underground
In the early 1970s, long before social media and more than a decade before the earliest internet forums, a woman named Peggie Ames became a human rolodex for trans women in New York state.
Born in Buffalo, Ames spent years working for gay rights organizations i...
theverge.comDirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver
Glance is bringing an AI-generated version of yourself to your screensaver.
DirecTV wants to use AI to put you, your family, and your pets inside a custom TV screensaver. If that’s not uncanny enough, you’ll find items you can shop for within that AI environment,...
theverge.comSpotify rolls out controls to keep kids music out of your algorithm
Managed accounts allow users to block kids from listening to specific songs and artists.
Spotify is expanding shared account features that make it easier for parents to control what their kids listen to. Managed accounts are now launching for Premium Family subsc...
theverge.comHow trans visibility became a trap
I renewed my passport the day after Trump won again. It wouldn’t expire for years, but I did it anyway, along with many trans people I knew who could scrape together the fee. We all had the same thought: get your documents in order now, while you still can.
For...
theverge.comInstagram is making all teen accounts ‘PG-13’
Instagram’s PG-13-inspired rating will avoid recommending more types of content to teens. | Image: Meta
Instagram is making a major update to teen accounts that will only allow them to view content similar to what you would see in a PG-13 movie. Under the ne...
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